<span style="color: #222222;">The West Bengal government forms a 4-member Task Force on augmentation of covid beds in private hospitals and&nbsp; nursing homes to mitigate the surging impact of&nbsp; covid19 cases in the state.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Sanjay Bansal, Secretary in Health &amp; Family Welfare Dept to chair the task force &amp; act as State Nodal Officer. Besides that,&nbsp; Rt-pcr test is made mandatory for the people coming from other states.Governor&nbsp; Shri Jagdip dhankhar asked the people to obey the rules and regulations imposed by the government.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">It could be mentioned that West Bengal reported the highest single day spike of 7713 covid cases yesterday as the total covid-19 cases crossed 6 lakhs 51 thousand with 34 fresh fatalities. Kolkata registered a record one-day jump of 1998&nbsp; and 10 deaths while North 24 Parganas reported 1639 fresh cases with 8 fatalities in the last 24 hours.</span><br />
News On AIR | April 18, 2021 4:21 PM
West Bengal govt forms 4-member Task Force on augmentation of covid beds in private hospitals